Any person applying for a license, the fee for which is regulated by seating capacity, shall certify in writing to the Director of Finance the seating capacity of the entertainment for which a license is to be procured.
Any false statement in such certificate as to such seating capacity shall be construed as a violation of this chapter and the penalty therefor shall be the same as set forth in Section 709.99.
In addition to such penalty the Director of Finance may revoke the license of the person certifying such false statement.
(1952 Code § 25-5-6)